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Paragua, Mark

GM🇵🇭

FIDEFIDE 5201241· Male· Philippines· Born in 1984

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Mark Paragua, a 42-year-old Filipino Grandmaster, is rated 2410 and ranked 6th among Filipino players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 19 months. 82 rated games in the past year (≈75/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 NY Marshall Presidents' Day Invitational - IM B, 2026 NY Marshall Winter Invitational - IM D, and 2025 December NYCNorms FIDE Swiss - Masters. Also played 1 rapid (including Marshall Masters 57) and 3 blitz events (including 2025 Marshall Chess Club Blitz Championship) recently. His peak of 2617 was reached at age 22 (Apr 2006, World #101 at the time); he spent 19 months as Filipino #1.

Awarded GM in 2006 (age 22) and IM in 2001 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #22 in U20 and World #18 in U18.

Current rating

2410

Standard

Rpd2548·Blz2515

All-time high

2617

207 pts below
Apr 2006 · age 22

Activity

89

games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo

82 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active

Signature stat

#6

#6 · Filipino players · of 1,654
19 months in #1 nationally (2004–2021)

Career timeline

24 entries
2025
1st Filipino 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2446
Feb 2025
2021
19 months in National #1
since Jan 2004
Jun 2021
2020
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2529 → returned at 2502
Apr 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2500
at age 35
Dec 2019
2017
Re-crossed 2500
at age 33
Feb 2017
2015
Re-crossed 2500
at age 31
Feb 2015

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 NY Marshall Labor Day - GM A
perf 2507 (+94) · 6/9 · #2
Top opponent
vs Andrew TangGM 2,529
Evolution
-8
24182410
Tournaments
13
73 games
Score
50/ 7368.5%
35W30D8L

Last 12 months — tournaments

13 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Round-Robin
Feb 20267/9#22443+6.0
Round-Robin
Jan 20266.5/9#22397+0.8
Swiss
Dec 20251.5/3#162154-9.2
Swiss
Dec 20250.5/1#182289-1.7
Open Swiss
Nov 20252/2#672776+2.3
Swiss
Nov 20252/2#12881+3.4
Open Swiss
Nov 20252/3#372160-6.4
Round-Robin
Oct 20254.5/9#72431+2.2
Open Swiss
Sep 20253/5#102253-7.1
Round-Robin
Aug 20256/9#22507+12.4

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

/
Philippines
#6
out of 3,060 players
Asia-Pacific
#327
in continent
World
#1,497
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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3
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4
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4
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62,410
7
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8
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9
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10
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Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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2,776
3
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4
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5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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8
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9
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10
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327🇵🇭Paragua, Mark2,410
World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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4
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2,780
5
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6
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7
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7
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9
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10
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1497🇵🇭Paragua, Mark2,410